Frank Blank

I was at the South West Bass Bash yesterday, albeit very briefly, but thankfully long enough to pick up the superb fretless built for me by the supremely talented @Jabba_the_gut. I am pretty much gobsmacked by it, I don't know how a bass can look this good and sound even better than it looks. If you hold a note steady and then begin to add a bit of vibrato I swear the note gets louder, there's some sort of freaky juju going on with the fingerboard. Anyway, short scale, stainless steel nut and fret markers, semi-hollow, piezo, I'm not really a technical man when it comes to instruments but Jabba builds the most beautiful basses and they fit in exactly with the type of music I play so, it's perfect. I am a very lucky man, I get to play (another) work of art. Cheers Jabba, its a f***ing masterpiece.

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If by 'discipline' you mean sitting in a corner giggling at my own farts then you can count on it.

I've arrived. There was a small gathering of 'guests' at the reception, they would have made a convincing Hogarth print.

That's Blank to you Brenda! Well, there you are, thats forty minutes of my life wasted. If I get lumbered on the door taking tickets because of this...

Just packed up the car and now I'm ready for the off, albeit an hour and a half early! Now I have to print off a Frank Blank lanyard thing so no one calls me Doris.

Kind of 9.30-10 arrival then it usually ends 4-5ish.

The Bash is tomorrow, Sunday 9th

You, Sir, are bang on the money.

Yeah I'll bring the other one then we can do Jazz Hands at anyone going overboard with the slapping.

Final appeal, don't forget to bring any socket reels or plug extensions you have. Don't say I didn't warn you...

Right, for the last time... Updated Gear List & Raffle Donations @Andyjr1515 - SWAPAATBWADS* Fretless; FOR SALE: 'Kert's' Single Cut Camphor bass @BreadBin - TCE combo, pedal board, a couple of 5-strings, fretted and fretless, 4-string Allen Eden Jazz @Charliebass212 - basses, Markbass heads and my Barefaced cabs @Chienmortbb - Fender Aerodyne Jazz, Sire Marcus Miller M2, Ashdown Retroglide 800 amp, BC112MK3 12" Cabinet, Amplifier frequency response test rig *FOR SALE* Fender Aerodyne Jazz Pickups P/J, Marshall ED1 Compressor, Ramsa WP-1200 Power Amp @fiatcoupe432 - Pentabuzz, Mtly pasini fretless, MIJ Ibanez 6 string @Frank Blank - Jabba fretted bass, Ibanez SRC6, Yamaha Silent Classical Guitar *FOR SALE*, QSC K12.2 @GrahamT - NS Radius CR5, Spector Spectorcore 5 and defretted Line 6 Variax 705, Genz Benz Streamliner 600, GB Focus 112 cab, battery powered Pignose 30 @Jabba_the_gut - Semi hollow fretless bass, 5 string mini bass, Ibanez RB960 bass, Markbass 801, Line 6 Studio 110, TC RS450 combo @JohnDaBass - Fender Imp micro Combo clone, BC110/MiniMax combo, P Bass Bitsa ash/Dimarzio/JazzMN, P Bitsa Black alder/Dimarzio/ Jazz MN, Bitsa '72 Jazz /CS '62 Pups/ MN, '52 P Bass Bitsa/Lindy Fralin Pup, Fender Kingman 34ins Acoustic bass @Mottlefeeder - Ibanez 5-string AB, Hohner B2V, kit built passive 4-strings, couple of home-brew battery combos, an 'Even briefer case' 150W twin 5 inch, and a 75W/150W 1x10inch & 1x10 extension speaker, plus a Vong HPF/LPF/DI pedal and an MXR 3-band EQ/DI pedal @Norm - Trace Elliot v4 valve head, Barefaced Vintage 2x15, Squier 5str Precision, Squier 5str Jazz, Musicman Stingray 4str (poss for sale/trade), Boss Micro-cube & headphones for when it gets noisy @Pea Turgh - DIY Basschat micro cab, Ampeg PF350, Toby Pro 4 bass. DIY Basschat micro cab, Ampeg PF350, Toby Pro 4 bass @Richard R - 4 and 5 string Brawleys, an EBS session 60 amp, bass weighing scales and a spreadsheet or some other way to show the data @scrumpymike - two Andy Rogers custom-builds; Vox Starstream A2S; FOR SALE!! Gillett Contour Standard 4; Mesa TT-800 head; Hand-Box R-400 head; 2 x Barefaced SC3 cabs @sprocketflup - NS EUB, 5 string fretless Sei @Stub Mandrel - Orange Bass Terror, bitsa p-bass, C2, AT212 @TheRev - double bass (poss), Italia Rimini, Chowny SWB fretless (FOR SALE), MAS45 cab/Techamp Puma/Fishman pre @Woodinblack - 27" Jabba bass, some spectors, Squier mustang *FOR SALE*, maybe the chapman stick @wrinkleygit - Jabba Telebass, Jabba Fretless, 70’s fretless P bass, Warmoth bitsa fretted P, TC BAM200 @yorks5stringer - Nordstrand Acinonyx LIST OF RAFFLE-PRIZE DONATIONS Gator rack-mount case - donated by @scrumpymike A 6 metre cable, using Neutrik Jacks and Sommer Retro Braided Cable - donated by @Chienmortbb Hardly used (never for vocals) Sonitronics STC-80 Cardioid Dynamic Mic with Stand Clip - donated by @Andyjr1515 Gig bags including Roqsolid zipped case, a picture of the Beatles on old photopaper, loads of Q CD's. - donated by @yorks5stringer 34" medium scale Nickel strings, 34" medium scale Nickel and a selection of Cadburys chocolate donated by @Richard R A clip-on tuner donated by @wrinkleygit Mighty Bass Tru pass thro tuner, Ammon sub & up octaver donated by @JohnDaBass Tech21 BassCompactor compressor donated by @TheRev A folding bass stand and maybe a cymbal stand donated by @Pea Turgh Digitech RP80 donated by @BreadBin

Driving down on Saturday and staying over.

Fixed now, please ignore...

On the gear list Sir.

Lucky man, I'm known as Old Splinter Nuts round these parts.

Paging @Mike!

4½ for me, anyone driving further than me will be challenged to a rigged game of conkers.

That's super nice.

Splendid!